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N. PETERS, FMoTo-UTHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH F. HALL, OF BANGOR, MAINE, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF, AND G. L. KELTY,OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CURTAIN-FIXTURE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 29,985, dated September 4, 1860.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, J. F. HALL, of Bangor, inthe county of Penobscot and State of Maine, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Curtain-FiXtures; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, making part of thisspecification, in which- Figure l is a front View of the curtain hungup. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross section of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a top viewof the roll, showing in section the manner of hanging the curtain roll.Fig. 4 shows in an enlarged sectional view the manner of securing thecurtain to the roll. Figs. 5 and 6 show the two eye brackets for holdingthe roll and curtain.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

The nature of this invention consists in forming the pulley spool aroundwhich the cord is wound that regulates the movement of the curtainroller, in two parts, the stem of one playing through a hole in thecenter of the other, in the manner and for the purposes hereinafterdescribed.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention I willproceed to describe its construction and operation.

The obj ect to be attained by this invention is to give an end play tothe spool stem so that the curtain roll may be hung up or taken downwith great facility, making, at the same time, the button or circularflange next the roller abut closely against the end of this roller, whenthe curtain is hung up. To do this the spool is made in two parts, theone parta, has the spool stem b, and the other part a, has a holethrough its center, through which passes the long stem b.

A is the curtain roll to which the curtain B, is attached by apear-shaped slot in the roll, and a round rod that passes through theslot from one end to the other of the roll.

c, e are metal eye brackets shown clearly in Figs. 5 and 6, which aresecured to the side facing of a Window frame as high as 1 possible; oneof these eyes has a lug e, projecting out at right angles to itssurface, which prevents the cord G, from getting over the flanges of thespool, when the roller is hung up; between these eye-brackets, which aresecured to each side of the window frame D, as shown in Figs. l and 3.

The roll A, has a hole bored into its end a suitable distance, intowhich is introduced a spring g; the flange a', is now placed on this endof the roll as shown in Fig. 3, and the stem Z), is passed through thehole in the flange a, and against the spring g. The pin It, through thestem 7), will prevent the stem from turning in the end of the roll. Theopposite end of the roll has simply a circular flange 7c, secured to it,from which projects a pivot y), corresponding to the pivot 29, on theoutside of spool flange a; these two pivots are placed into the eyes orsockets of the brackets c, c. The stem with its flange a, will thus havean end play while the flange a, will remain stationary.

In hanging the curtain with a spool applied to the roll in the mannerdescribed, the stem Z1, is pressed into the end of the roll until thepins j?,` p, will enter the eyes c, c; the stem is then relieved whenthe spring g, will force the stein out, and keep the roll in placebetween the eyes.

I am aware that it is not new to give end play to a spool placed at theend of the roll, and acted upon by a spring in the roll, and I thereforelay no claim to the principle of giving the end play to a spool.

lVhat I do claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

Constructing the spool in two parts, one of which is afiiXed to theroll, and the stein of the other plays into the end of the roll, and isacted upon by a spring to push it out, thus keeping one of the flangesalways in contact with the end of the roll, as set forth.

J OS. F. HALL.

Vitnesses M. M. LIVINGSTON, G. W. REED.

